. London . sehool. Four of them presently moved on toLondon, where they hired apiece of ground on Cornhill,and built upon it rude cellsof wattle and clay, with theirown hands. Already theDominicans — their rivals—Preachers of the learnedand the rich—had obtained asettlement in Oxford. TheFranciscans staid a very shorttime on Cornhill. In the year1225 one John Ewin boughtand presented to them apiece of ground north ofNewgate Street, whither theyremoved. Their austerity,their poverty, their earnest-ness, their eloquence, drew allhearts towards them. And,as always happens, their verypopularity pr
. London . sehool. Four of them presently moved on toLondon, where they hired apiece of ground on Cornhill,and built upon it rude cellsof wattle and clay, with theirown hands. Already theDominicans — their rivals—Preachers of the learnedand the rich—had obtained asettlement in Oxford. TheFranciscans staid a very shorttime on Cornhill. In the year1225 one John Ewin boughtand presented to them apiece of ground north ofNewgate Street, whither theyremoved. Their austerity,their poverty, their earnest-ness, their eloquence, drew allhearts towards them. And,as always happens, their verypopularity proved their and queens, great lordsand ladies, strove and viedwith each other to show theirlove and admiration for themen who had given up allthat the world can offer forthe sake of Christ and for pity of their brothers andsisters. They showed this love in the manner common withthe world. They forced upon the friars a portion of their-wealth ; they made them receive and enjoy the very things. CHURCH OF AUS1IN I UIARS PLANTAGENET 95 they had renounced. It is a wonderful record. First, thecitizens began. One Lord Mayor built a new choir for theirchurch, with a splendour worthy of the order and of the City ;another built the nave to equal the choir; a third built the•dormitories— no more wattle and daub for the dear friars ;•other citizens built Chapter House, Vestry House, Infirmary,and Refectory. Their Library was given by Dick Whittington,thrice Mayor of London. Then came the turn of the greatpeople. Queen Margaret thought the choir of the churchshould be still more splendid and added to it or rebuilt Isabel and Queen Philippa thought that the nave shouldbe more splendid, and with the help of the Earl and Countessof Richmond, the Earl of Gloucester and his sisters, LordLisle and others, built a new nave, three hundred feet long,eighty-nine feet broad, and sixty-four feet high. Here wereburied, as in ground far more sacred than that of St. Pauls or
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